Top-down control in pelagic systems: A role for invertebrate predation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 491, Issue , 2003, Pages 347-356

  Blumenshine, S C ^a   Hambright, K D ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c University of Oklahoma Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthobrama; Bioenergetics; Cyclopoid copepods; Lake Kinneret; Mesocyclops; Planktivorous fish; Thermocyclops; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS;

PREDATORS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ISRAEL;

ACANTHOBRAMA; ACANTHOBRAMA TERRAESANCTAE; ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS OGUNNUS; THERMOCYCLOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037704610     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024422121048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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